VIJAY GUPTA vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

Judgment text excerpt

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 13.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 29.01.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 29.01.2026 + CRL.M.C. 242/2026 VIJAY GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Puneet Singh, Mr. Chetan, Mr. Naman Jain and Mr. Shubham Sharma, Advs. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Ms. Amisha Dahiya, Adv. CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT Index to the Judgment FACTUAL BACKGROUND & SUBMISSIONS BEFORE THE COURT .................................................................................................... 2 ANALYSIS & FINDINGS ...................................................................... 5 (i) Failure to Consider The Bail Application on Merits and Non- Application of Judicial Mind .................................................................... 6 (ii) Right to Hearing and Impermissibility of Dismissal on Grounds of Application being “Too Voluminous or Bulky” ................................... 7 (iii) Judicial Time, Docket Pressure, and the True Meaning of “Precious Judicial Time” ............................................................................................. 9 (iv) Role of Pleadings, Professional Effort of Counsels, and Limits of Judicial Control over Drafting by Counsels ........................................ 11 CRL.M.C. 242/2026 Page 1 of 16 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:29.01.2026 19:27:05 (v) Permissible Judicial Responses to Voluminous Bail Applications .... 13 (vi) To Conclude............................................................................................. 14 THE DECISION ................................................................................... 15 DR.